The Interviewer Presents Carl Balita Carl Balita is a registered nurse, midwife, educator, broadcaster, and entrepreneur most popularly known for his education enterprise Carl E. ------------------ I have partnered with Sendwave, the fee-free remittance app, to spread the word to Kabayan living abroad! Use my promo code BOY to try and receive $10 free credit on your first transfer. Visit this link for more information: https://try.sendwave.com/kjap/BOYABUNDA

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Kaibigan, tuloy ang usap!

Karl, maraming salamat sa pagkakataon kita.

It's such an honor.

Kumusta ka?

Yeah, mabuti.

Back to where I belong, which is business.

Where you belong, which is business.

But why the foray into politics?

The sector approached me and wanted me to be part of the race

so that I can represent dito ang mga health workers,

yung mga micro enterprises, at saka mga teachers.

Kasi yun ang tatlong profession ko eh.

And then I was very reluctant.

Nag-away pa kami ng misis ko

because I was entertaining the idea

until I received calls na nga from Doc Willie, from Isko.

What was the most seductive about it?

Nung kinusap ka ni Isko at saka ni Willie,

what made you say,

sige, tatakbo ako?

Because we were in the crisis

and we thought that people will be more compassionate for health workers that I represented.

Akala namin na yung mga tao ay nakot sa karilang kalusugan

kaya they will listen to a health professional wanting to serve them.

And then sabi nila, baka maririnig ka ng mga magulang.

And then I think the message was clear.

The messenger that I was, was effective.

But I think I was not heard enough

because of the platform that was limited for my use.

How difficult was it to see the election results

and what happened after the elections?

It was just, I was celebrating the learnings and the lessons and the experience in general.

Pero ulit ka?

Hindi na siguro.

Unless something really would change.

At this point in your life, you have decided,

dito ako.

Dito ako sa industriyang ito.

Politics is not for me.

I mean, is that the decision that you've made?

I may not have the power but I want to keep the influence.

But not in terms of being a politician?

Yeah.

But I think, for example, there is now a clamor for a nursing law.

So now that the senators know me more or less,

I can join my nursing leaders and lobby for the passage of the law.

And same with the teachers.

And I go around and I became...

I think I broke the glass ceiling, Kuya Boy.

They thought that Karl Balita was just the owner of a review center.

I broke that ceiling.

And not a lot of people knew in the first place.

Those who listened sa DCMM program ko for 20 years

thought that I was just a host of a radio show or a teleradio show.

Until they realized na,

Uy, si Karl pala is a multiple professional,

a doctor of two programs.

Multi-hyphenated.

Multi-hyphenated.

And when they saw me in your show and in some debates,

sabi nila, wow, maganda yung sinasabi niya.

And that's enough.

I think I have conveyed the message loud and clear

and let its presence in social media up to now

be a proof that once there was a technocrat

who wanted to bring change in at least in the three areas.

That's a good way of looking at it.

Walang nasayang.

Walang nasayang.

Pag-usapan natin ang isa sa mga bagay that you're very passionate about.

Sabi mo nga, yung mga nurses.

And you have this film.

Yeah, Siglo ng Kalina.

It's a 100-year celebration of Philippine nursing.

It was founded 1922.

After that foundation was Filipino Nurses Association

by one Ilocana nurse, Anastasia Rontupas.

And then we were planning for the celebration.

So sabi ko, let's create a film

inspired by the story of Anastasia Rontupas.

So ano ang kwento nung Siglo ng...

Kalina.

Kalina.

Kalina is care.

Siglo is century.

Century, right.

Ang kwento ay tumagos dun sa isang daang taong

from the moment it was founded.

Hindi siya linear na historical film.

It was well-written by Archie Del Mundo.

And the film jumped from one genre to another

including Panahon ng Hapon.

Hindi natin alam kung anong nangyari.

So kwento ito ng mga nurses in a 100 years.

In a 100 years.

Exciting dito, Kuya Boy, is yung COVID scenes.

Kasi di naman natin nakita kung paano nangyari.

Anong nangyari sa loob ng hospital, no?

Paano namatay ang mga tao mo?

Paano...

Hindi totoo na namatay,

na mag-isa ang mga namatay sa COVID, Kuya Boy.

May hawak-hawak silang kamay.

Yun yung kamay ng mga nurses.

Nakita yun sa film.

At yung paano namatay ang mga health workers.

Diba sa kanila?

Ganong kalungkot yung moment?

May isa akong kaibigan na ang iniyakan niyang eksena.

Medyo...

Ang sasabihin ko yung eksena is

yung nagtitik-tok ng nurses.

So kako ba't ko umiyak dun?

Kasi sabi niya, imagine.

Imagine na kailangan nilang gawin yung bagay na yun

just to keep their sanity

in a situation, in the middle of a situation like that.

May everyone so afraid, including themselves.

May mga eksena kami na talagang papatakanduhan mo.

Ang goal nga namin dito ni Lem, Kuya Boy, is ganito eh.

Kung nurse ka na nanood ka,

nagugustuhin mo sa susunod ng buhay, nurse ka pa doon.

Kung hindi ka nurse at nanood ka,

maghanap ka ng nurse na papasalamatan mo.

Kasi this is really a testament to the angels by the bedside.

And even Kuli Desta, by the way, Ku is a nurse,

when I invited her to sing the theme song

written by the music by Benny Saturno

and I wrote the lyrics of it,

hindi siya, hindi ako magdalawang salita kay Ku

kasi sabi niya,

let this be my service to my colleagues in the nursing profession.

Salamat, salamat sa iyo.

Poong wagas ang pag-ibig mo.

The very first time you saw it?

Ah, tear jerking.

Alam ko yung story ah, kasi nagsa-suggest ito.

Pero ito kasi yung napapagtapit-tapitan.

Nag-premier na kami,

ang ganda ng reviews,

even by editors and film critics.

We have sent it to festivals.

Abroad?

Abroad, international, 40 plus festivals.

Hopefully mag-hapog, kagaya yung isang film ko,

yung Maestra.

Nag-hapog ng awards naman yung film ko.

Maestra, which is also directed by?

By Lem.

Correct.

And dito si the late Gloria Sevilla

performed on Old Teacher who Never Won, di ba?

Yes.

It was a highly acclaimed film.

Nakakatawa naman.

Actually, people are excited.

I spoke to one nurse who was saying,

sanay mapanood at mas maunawaan yung aming trabaho.

Kasi kung titignan natin,

we are in the middle of a nursing crisis, Kweboy.

Hindi mo kayang ipikit ang mata mo sa offers

ng overseas opportunities for nurses.

We may be reduced to being cared by caregivers

and nursing attendants

while the world is enjoying the best of our Filipino nurses.

Aren't we giving the world our best?

We are giving the world our best

and nothing is left to us.

We're losing all our best.

Actually, ang solution na pinibigay namin dyan,

ang advocacy group namin for nursing, Kweboy,

is huwag lang natin tignan ang supply side.

Kasi maski school kulang na nandin.

Wala nang clinical instructors.

Paano na to?

How do you address ito nga sinasabi mong

conflict between a good life

and being able to serve the country?

Maraming gusto mag-stay.

Maraming mahal ang pamilya nila to be close to them.

Pero ang tago ko dyan ng campaign, Kweboy,

if you would remember, is positive practice environment,

security of tenure, recognition.

Yung magubuhay mo ang pamilya mo.

Let's put more investments in health.

Let's not see nurses and doctors as expenses.

We have to see them as investment.

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Maraming salamat.

The thing that I'm hearing from you, Karl, is,

and this is a very good lesson,

and this is something I continue to learn

with a lot of interviews that I do.

Okay, politics may not be mine.

It may not be my calling.

Pero yung sphere of influence will never go away.

Kasi tatlo, lima, isang daan, limang daan na tao

that you can directly touch.

If you touch one life out there,

you've got to pay.

Especially teachers.

Lalo na teachers, healthcare professionals and many others.

Even criminologists.

May program ako for criminologists.

May isa araw na, may support ako sa kurame.

Ang mismong investigator ng case na pinapile ko,

I mean, yung pinapainvestigate ko is,

what's my product?

And to figure it out.

So sabi ko, lahat ng hospital na puntahan ko,

I would have a nurse there.

Lahat ng school.

So sabi ko,

sarap lang ng feeling to look back and say,

they were blessings to me as they are blessings.

I was a blessing to them.

And exponential ang value ng Wayboy.

You do a lot of things.

You're many things.

But who are you first?

I'm a father.

I'm a husband.

That's most important to me.

I'm a father not only to my family,

but to my people.

Alam mo ng pandemya,

Wayboy, I would have finished my third doctorate degree.

But I was so anxious to be able to really,

you know, sustain the company.

And salamat kasi nagawa ko naman.

Wala naman ako sinara, wala akong binenta.

I survived.

Pero napakahirap.

Kami napakahirap din.

Kasi one day we woke up.

Wala na kaming televisyon.

Wala na kaming mga palabas.

Tayo.

Lahat.

Oo, tayo.

Magkakasama tayo.

Pero yung realization na ay,

ang bilis pala ng buhay.

Eventually, God made us,

I mean, created us in a way

that in the end,

we find our way.

We find our way to where we're supposed to be.

What about?

We do.

We do.

And I don't say because we're powerful.

I pay tribute to Him up there.

He knows better.

Pero dahil halimbawa sa pandemia,

many of us learned how to simplify life.

Diba?

And we also realized,

lalo na sa mga industriya,

katulad ng industriya ko,

natin,

na ang dalidaling umabang,

na realized natin na sa isang araw,

lahat pwede mawala.

And realizing that life is really a gift.

Oo.

It is.

It's really something we have to...

And at the time,

we were just living one day at a time.

Oo.

We were just so consumed by the present.

And considering it as a gift,

really, of the moment.

Tawa.

You won't even think about tomorrow.

You won't think about the past

because I'm here.

Ay, bay.

Imbitahan mo na,

the power of now.

Ating mga kababayan,

napakiliki ng iyong pelikula.

Siglo ng kanina,

isang pelikulang handog

ng mga nurses sa inyong lahat

para mas maintindihan ninyo

at mas ma-appreciate nyo

yung ginagawa namin

sa inyong mga mahal sa buhay,

sa inyo.

At syempre,

sa napakahabang panahon,

panahon ng gera,

panahon ng pandemia,

panahon ng kasayahan,

pag-uwit sa bahay,

pamatayan,

kasama nyo kami.

Sana huwag nyo iwanan yung pelikula,

samahan nyo kami,

na panoorin

yung mga taong tunay

na kasama nyo 24x7

in the hospitals.

Lagi nag-ihintay sa inyo

kung kailangan nyo ng kanina.

We're the best for the Filipinos.

We're the choice of the world.

Come watch us in this movie.

And congratulations.

Thank you so much.

We end this interview

with what I call

the what questions.

Kyle,

what are you when you're alone?

I'm reflecting.

What makes you happy?

My family.

What hurts you?

Myself.

What do you know about love?

It's something

exponentially available for your use.

What can't you forgive?

I can't think of it.

What can't you forget?

Sadness.

What is it that

you still want

at this point?

To see that my children

will be

ready for the road.

What is it like

to be you?

A lot of courage.

A lot of

guts.

What is it like

to win?

To give it all?

What is it like

to lose?

To not be in you?

To not be in you.

What is the best thing

about you?

I care.

What is the biggest misconception

about Kyle Benita?

He's arrogant.

What is it like

to be disliked?

Who cares?

What is it like

to be liked?

Inspiration.

What is the world like

for you now?

Challenging.

What is life like?

Blessing.

What means to you the most?

My relationship with God.

What is it like

to be a child of God?

To be able to care

for the children of God.

What is your family like?

It's an open family.

What are you like

as a friend?

Somebody

they can always run to.

What are you like

when you're bad?

Ready to

die and to care.

What is it like to be

right here,

right now?

To enjoy

conversation

with intelligence.

What do you want

right now?

I want to talk

to you more.

What is it

that you don't have

that you want so badly?

Time.

What are you like

when you're mad?

You don't like me.

What

if you were not you?

I'll be

an eagle.

What if you were not

a man?

I'm an eagle.

What is heaven?

It's forever.

What's hell?

It's something

no one wants to be

but a lot deserve.

What is your epitaph?

He cared.

Karl, thank you very much.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.